Sewing-machine attachment



O. OLSON SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT Filed April 12.1924 2 sheets-smv. 2

Patentes SPfft?, N245 j Q11@ 'OLSQLL 6rne? mimi.;A emmers i issuers-mmm easement appneation inea apra (1 2e To' allwhom't,mag/concerns :Be'itknown-thatl, OLE OLsoN, acitizen .of the United States, residing at Redv Wing', .in the eountyoi` Goodhueand State f-Min- 5; nesotfa, have invented certain new' and useful vImprovements in 'Sewing-Machine Ati'. tachmeiits ,of Vwhich the follow-ingfis a'speeification. A

This invention -is afdevice'icbe used on 1 0 sewing machines for theepurpose of faeili.. tating and making easy the sewing o'f'cutc uts, teal'dropls, and-other fancifulv holes inleatherI -rV` other material. To' this endg'the inyention consists in .the }5 provision of.' novel gauge or guide' bymeans off'which the operatoris enabled to laythe"seamregularly, evenly, and: at a;

, out," thereby prod'ncing, 'regular a'nds'syni- In addition. to theabove,A tlie in\;ent io1i' has the further advantageous feat ur e o fA -be-inff so constructcdandarranged as' to be A ignerativ'e position so that `when in inoperative l positionfthese'wing machine A'can be -used I as"tl 1ough the device were not on it.

lVith the abovev andother objects in View, the invention also consists'fin the novel fea` IQ, turcs off construe-fion, 7 arrangement, and "fcombina'tion of parts hereinafter more fully A described and .explai'ned, and illustrated inl the accompanying' drawings, whercinr Figa-rel is a' view of the invention as ap-- 35 pliedto a conventional sewing machine.l Y 'Figure 2 is an assembled view of the-'de vice,`shown 'apart f rointhe machine, and 'y The rcniainingviews'are detail views.

Thisinvention is 'primarily Aintended as 40 an attachment 'to be used `on a Singer sew-' ing machine' knowuas No. 52V7 but' itwillj' i be readily understoodtliat it may be used, on any 'other similar machine. -1 A sewing machine of conventional type is illustrated 15v in the drawings in which -10 designates'thc bed-plate of the. machine upon whichv is mounted the arm 11 and supporting 'post 12. Within the opening A13 in the bedfplate diirectly below the'needle 14 ofthe machine 50 is. placedtlie throat plate- 15 of. the .attachnient. Thisplate is screwed permanently'to themachine and 'has an open-ing 16 throughl which the needle 14 of the machine goes in 'A the yusual operation vof the machine. Open.

55 ving l162 as ,will be' noted, is rather close to the slot 17- but a'second opening 18 is ar-4 device upon r'the work.;

1924'. i 'serial no, 705,129,

v'ranged further ont f roiiifthe slot as shown,

Attached vto the. machine, below the throat` plate 15 is a brace 19 which carries a' verti cally disposed bearingleeve. 20' inwhicli' 69- is mounted't for rotation a shaft 2 1. Secure' edsto-the upper threaded end offile slui-ft, by means o n ut' 22 is a gaugearm 2 31 ex. tending horizontally from' the 'shaft but p'ro-v vided witha perpendicular point Qdirectly .5.571 underlying opening, 18 of thea'forementione. ed'throat plate 1'5.- The shaft'21 isrotated toeither' 'the right, or, left b v inea-nanfa a,

2i"I liasa cam sui'faceiQS. upon l which tliepin 26is adaptede' to ride. when the. leverisf moved t0. the. left; ofi the. gursfso ,than the a Y, 'shaftis -also ,moi-'edf up'warjdlythrong@ the- 75a sleeve The movement 1s. suchasto ,cansethe't point242Qf'thegeugeerm'tepeiectfslightly: abov,e opening 18,.' fin: which p os'ition-l it,` is'` adapted', to 'bejJused-f aseaigauge lor-Q` which the, Sewing .Qffcut-uts'ortelilrdljops- 391i is made easy., for-,the op erato1 Aa specimen of workhavingutputs. on

throat pla-te 15 offthe.sewing-machine$0.185:L

that' Ythe- Apeint. 24 comes within, and ibearsr against the edge of, the Acutout-30 .whicinl 1s to be seamed The sewing--machine, 1s4`v -then operated inthe usual -manneiuandithes work isfshifted .about as the seam, progresses, 99u,

' j -thepoint24 always 'bearing againstgthegedgg of the cut-ont and serving; as fa;fiilcnjiini lor, i-

axis about which the .,w,ork: is. shi ft 'ed,g Ingthis way, the seam` can belmade regularly and .at the samey distance from, the cut-outf 95m or teardrop, 'and absolutebparallel. gwitln,

theedge of the ,same Fsc. that .rthelsewinglwllgg be uniformandhsylnmetricalnf A Wl ien, it is desired tovv dis enseswithgtheg uide, lthelever vis moveditot elrighto the-inet.l

gare and a springl forces the Shaffi' dow-na; causing the. o int 24;to disappyanlbeneathgf thev plate ,15 1n t which: event the f sewing,ma,ml 1 'chine -,can v be usedy withquthany e'ect of .,`the

-The inventionv .may bei. emhqdied. jin(t Ithe sewing machine ,as .a builtfin rparnm iisg ap; plied thereonnierely as an attachment-.1 Iffz willv be understood also that vthe ;1nethodoff. f

installing and .arranging the ,devine :.IIRGDQIIQ, ,i

Sewing machines willgvary accordingfto'tliew particular: y'style and: ciA themach- 1lne.

' tate the sewing of cut-outs5ftear-drops, .and or fulcrum for the edge of a cubout, tearand the right is hereby reservedto maire all sheft from the -right to the left' and vice 15 such changes in regard to the construction, versa, means for elevating the seid shaft proportion, and arrangements of the parts when the latter is turned in one direction as are proper within the scope of the apand for lowering the shaft when Aturned in pended clann.v A A the opposite direction, and a. gauge ann car- Having thus described the invention, ried by the said shaft and presentin a. guide 2o what I claim as new as desire to'secure by element adapted to protrude slighy above Letters Patent, is A the said throat-plate when the said shaft is A guide for a sewing machine, to facilielevated whereby to provide a bearingpoint other holes of fanciful desi which condrop, or other hole in thework. sists of a bracket arrange beneath the In testimony whereof'I affix my s1gnathroat-plate of the machine, arshaft jour. ture.

nailed-in said bracket, a lever for turning said OLE OLSON. 

